Co-Hosted: Empire Tree & Turf & City of Augusta

Speakers: Jim Dicker: 6 years City of Baltimore Arborist; 9 years Bartlett Tree Experts Arborist; current Empire Tree & Turf.

Jim Blount: 8 ½ years City of Augusta Arborist: current Augusta Housing

Mark Chisholm: 1^st place NJ Tree Climbing Competition 10 consecutive years;

2 time International Society of Arboriculture World Champion

JAN 10^th

8:00 – 9:00 Jim Dicker – Hazard Tree Identification and Analysis

9:00 – 10:00 Jim Blount – General pruning guidelines

10:00 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – 12:00 Mark Chisholm & Brian – General climbing techniques; general rigging techniques for removals.

12:00 – 12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 4:30 Hands on workshop:

1. Analyze hazard oak and perform crown reduction and crown cleaning to 1” diameter.

2. Perform crown cleaning to 1” diameter on gum.

3. Perform crown cleaning/hazard prune to 2” diameter – pine.

4. Start and finish pine removal.

8:00 – 10:00 complete pine removal.

10:00 – 12:00 Remove hazard pine and demonstrate zip line technique.

12:00 – 12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 4:30 complete removal and general discussion of removal techniques used.

Certified Arborist

Certified Tree Worker

CEUs available: Jan 10^th – 7.75

Han 11^th – 8.00